Sanitary cuspidor



UNITED STATES CHARLES WILSON BEAMER, OF BURCBANK, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

T 0 all whom t mafg/ concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES VViLsoN BEAMER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 615 Santa Anita Avenue, Burbank, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and usefulSanitary Cuspidor, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a sanitary cuspidor, and aims toprovide a device with means whereby the lid of the cuspidor may bequickly and conveniently flushed.

IVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through myimproved structure.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section therethrough, taken substantially onthe line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking downwardly, and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the sprayer.

Referring to the drawing in det'ail it will be seen that 5 designates acasing which is provided with an extension 6. A flange 7 extendsinwardly from the upper edge of the casing 1, and closes the upper endof the extension 6. The inner edge of this fiange is extended downwardlyas is indicated at 8. The bottom end of the casing is open, and a tank 9is supported in the bottom portion of the casing, and is adapted tocontain water which may have therein a solution of any suitabledisinfectant. A cylinder 10 is extended into the tank 9 within theextension 6, and a. plate 11 is threadedly engaged with the upper endthereof and rests on the upper wall of the tank 9. A stem 12 is slidablethrough the plate 11 into the cylinder 1() and a stuffing box 13 isarranged thereabout, being threadedly engaged with the plate 11. Thisstem 12 projects upwardly through the flange 7, and terminates in a head14. A spring 15 is disposed about the stem 12 between the head 14, andthe stufling box 18, and normally holds the stem 12 in the raised`position as shown in Figure 1. A plunger 16 is mounted on the end ofthe stem 12 within the cylinder 10. A check valve 17 1924. Serial No.726,219.

is provided in the bottom of the cylinder 10, and allows the liquid toflow into the cylinder upon the upward stroke of the plunger andprevents the liquid in the cylinder from flowing therefrom upon thedownward stroke of the plunger Another check valve 18 is mounted in theside of the cylinder 10 and operates oppositely from said valve 17. Asprayer is attached to the check valve 18 and includes the vert-icaltubular member 19 which is curved rect-angularly at its upper en'd as isindicated at 2O and terminates in an annular perforated portion 21disposed about the downwardly extending portion 8 of the flange 7. Thecuspidor proper 22 is mounted on the upper wall of the tank 9 and theconical shaped lid 23 thereof has its opening coaxially arranged withthe opening in the flange 7 having the depending portion 8. The diameterof the lid 23 is greater than the diameter' of the last mentionedopening.

From the above detailed description it will be seen that by pressingdownwardly on the stem 12, the plunger 16 may be moved downwardly in thecylinder 10 so las to force the contents of the cylinder out through thecheck valve 18, tubular member 19 and annular extension 21 for flushingthe lid 28 of the cuspidor 22. The spring 15 will return the plunger toits raised position, at the same time drawing the contents of the tank 9into the cylinder. It is further to be noted that the parts are capableof being easily assembled and disassembled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a device of the class described, a tank,a casing disposed over the tank, a cylinder in the tank, a plunger inthe cylinder, means for operating the plunger, check valves associatedwith the cylinder, a tubular member extending from one of the checkvalves and terminating in an annular perforated portion, a casingdisposed about the tank`r a cuspidor rested on top of the tank withinthe casing, and including a lid, said casing provided in its upper wallwith an opening having a depending portion at its edge about whichextends the annular perforated portion.

oHAELEs wiLsoN BEAMER.

